City pool may be sold to stay open

Multiple options on the table

1:50 PM,
Dec. 31, 2012

Swimmers wait for the Donald M. Smith Memorial Pool to open in 2011. After a shortened season in 2012 because of funding struggles, the city is exploring several options for getting the pool open this summer.

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The municipal swimming pool in Yoctangee Park could leave the city's hands, although it remains unclear whether any sort of private ownership venture will become a reality.

Mayor Jack Everson said Monday he's looking at the possibility of selling the pool to a private owner as one of several options on the table. However, he declined to identify the company except to say the nationwide firm deals with private ownership of pools.

"I have no feeling how serious they are, but we are discussing the potential in selling the pool," Everson said, adding that the discussion is still in its early ...